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US
/ˈpɛɹəˌsaɪt/
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[ UK /pˈæɹəsˌaɪt/ ]
[ UK /pˈæɹəsˌaɪt/ ]
NOUN
- an animal or plant that lives in or on a host (another animal or plant); it obtains nourishment from the host without benefiting or killing the host
- a follower who hangs around a host (without benefit to the host) in hope of gain or advantage
How To Use parasite In A Sentence
- He infected mice and rabbits with Trypanosoma gondii, the parasite responsible for the dreaded sleeping sickness, then injected the animals with chemical derivatives to determine if any of them could halt the infection. The Emperor of All Maladies
- … Others can only be identified with a microscope, such as the majority of protozoa [single-celled animals], certain blood filariae [small larvae of pathogen parasites in the blood vessels], and the trichinae. Modern Science in the Bible
- Received entomological wisdom holds that a ‘prudent’ parasite does not kill its host.
- This makes the task of introducing tolerance to parasites or disease via genetic modification exceedingly difficult, if not impossible. PHYLLOXERA: How Wine was Saved for the World
- = -- The parasites found in food in this country are echinococcus, guineaworm, hookworm, trichina, and tapeworm. The Home Medical Library, Volume I (of VI)
- Yet, parasites do not by definition defy vaccines. Parasite Rex
- They found that N-cyclopentyl-tazopsine, a less-toxic compound derived from the molecule, was effective against early, liver-stage malaria parasites in animal tests.
- Tsetse flies are carriers of trypanosomes - the parasites transmitted by their bites, which cause sleeping sickness in men and cattle.
- But vets say dogs can carry bacterial and viral infections, parasites and scratch diseases. The Sun
- And that's what it will come to, for the council workers and other public sector parasites.
